[The fix to the ingot to block pairing code accidentally resulted in writes to the list returned from the OreDictionary, causing all ingots with a block to be wiped from it. Basically every ingot recipe was broken.]

Not likely to happen.Fruzstrated would need to make several models due to the different format needed.The newer code needs to be remade for 1.7.10, and all versions after it so nothing is lost if someone upgrades but not to the newer versions.There is also a good chance I'm using Forge functions/hooks that don't exist in 1.7

Too bad, reading this.It makes me sad, that some devs let their mods die for one of the still most used version of Minecraft.There are so many users that stuck on it because of the need of Cauldron / Thermos or big mods like Thaumcraft.

Forge only does bug fixes, improvements, and new features on supported versions.

They only develop for the newest version, but provides bug fixes for one back.

Like the version before it 1.7 should have been completely dead when 1.9 dropped, but there are developers who threw a temper tantrum over the new model system causing a chain reaction and community split.

The ones throwing the tantrum refused to update, others decide to wait before updating, users stayed on the version with mods.

Between dead mods getting replaced or updated by new people, and old developers returning (eg. Thaumcraft has a 1.8.9 and Azanor is working on a 1.10/1.11 build) things may be back to normal when 1.12 is out. Players will have to accept replacement mods though, ex. JEI vs NEI, or TOP vs WAILA

Don't worry, 1.7 was fine, but the future will be better (probably), and there's many new mods that have concepts never seen before, and are of great quality... just avoid 1.8, also 1.9 wasn;t particularly great, but rn 1.10.2 is amazing, though I personally play modded 1.11.2 & the 1.12 pre-releases, the parrot models in vanilla minecraft (1.12) were made by RazzleberryFox, known for her mod Decocraft, so see, the present has great things :P idk for sure, but if you want another "golden" age of modding, it will possibly happen for 1.15 since that won't be a quick update like these last & next few mc versions.

now for me to download this mod for a personal 1.11.2 instance I'm assembling...

A point I've seen Devs make over and over is that 1.7 doesn't use Java 8, which means Devs have to know Java 7, which is not the same as 8. So asking for newer mods to backport can be asking a *lot* of the Dev.